() — (classifier) for news items, diary entries, stories, and other written records

Definition

As a classifier (measure word), 则 is used for discrete written items — news pieces, diary entries, rules, fables. 篇 counts longer written works like articles and essays; 则 is for shorter, more formal records.

classifier
for news itemsdiary entriesstoriesand other written records

Examples

  • Bào zhǐ shàng yǒu liǎng zé guān yú kē jì de xīn wén.
    There are two news items about technology in the newspaper.
  • Lǎo shī ràng wǒ men dú le sān zé yù yán gù shi.
    The teacher asked us to read three fables.
  • Zhè běn zá zhì bāo hán le shí zé duǎn piān xiǎo shuō.
    This magazine contains ten short stories.

Grammar

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